China Contract Review by a PRC-Licensed Attorney

Yes. Supplier verification can be scoped as a paid add-on to contract review or NNN drafting, at USD 200 per Chinese supplier. It is not offered separately and is not included in the base review fee. We confirm the entity and scope before work begins.

No. All communication is in English. We handle the Chinese side.

Sales, supply, distribution, employment, NDA, JV agreements, and more.

By deliverable, page band, and contract complexity. Get a budget range online in under a minute — the attorney confirms the final fixed fee.

Yes. All submissions are treated as strictly confidential.

We focus on contracts with Chinese law elements or parties. Contact us to discuss your specific situation.

In the free scope check, choose your deliverable and answer a few scope questions — you see a budget range right away, and the attorney confirms the final fixed fee in writing.

Yes. After submitting your order, you'll receive a unique order number. Use it to check your review status online at any time.

Yes. Every order includes a formal engagement letter with Shanghai Xinben Law Firm (上海市信本律师事务所), a licensed PRC law firm. The engagement documents can be signed online and downloaded as PDF for your records.

Contract Risk Review (Tier 1, from $400) provides an English risk report identifying key issues in the contract, including payment, delivery, liability, dispute resolution and counterparty identity. It does not include clause rewrites or tracked changes. Bilingual Contract Review (Tier 2) adds a Chinese-English comparison report. Clause revisions, tracked changes and clause-by-clause annotations require Advanced Contract Review (Tier 3). The attorney confirms the final scope and fixed fee before work begins.

Yes — pre-signing is the ideal stage. PRC Civil Code Art. 136 treats a contract as formed upon mutual agreement, so once signed, your room to amend shrinks to whatever the Chinese side will renegotiate. Reviewing a draft lets us flag one-sided risk allocations, push back on unenforceable boilerplate, and ensure the Chinese version (if bilingual) says what the English version promises. Tier 1 pre-signing engagements finish in 3-5 business days, giving you leverage during negotiation rather than damage control after.

Contract Risk Review (Tier 1) delivers a written English risk report without a redline. Bilingual Contract Review (Tier 2) adds a Chinese-English comparison report. Advanced Contract Review (Tier 3, from $1,400) includes clause revisions, a Word tracked-changes redline and clause-by-clause annotations. The languages and extent of revision are confirmed in the agreed scope before work begins.

We can review an English-only contract. Choose Contract Risk Review for a risk report or Advanced Contract Review if you need clause revisions and tracked changes. Bilingual Contract Review compares existing Chinese and English versions; it does not automatically include creating a new Chinese contract. If you need a Chinese version drafted or translated, include that request in your Scope Check so the attorney can confirm the additional scope and fixed fee.

Yes. When 2 to 5 contracts of the same type are reviewed and delivered together, each contract is 15% off. For more than 5 contracts, the attorney quotes the set.

Tier 1 Risk Spotlight: 3-5 business days. Tier 2 Bilingual Review: 5-7 business days. Tier 3 Advanced Review (redline + annotations): 7-10 business days. Counting starts the business day after we receive your contract and intake form. Expedited options (48-72 hours) available on request for a 30% surcharge. Delivery is by email — PDF memo for Tiers 1 and 2, Word redline for Tier 3. If contract length or complexity will push delivery, we flag it within the first 24 hours.

A purchase order can record the product, quantity, price, and delivery date, and may form part of the parties’ contract. It usually does not deal adequately with specifications, inspection and rejection, delay, tooling, IP use, subcontracting, change control, or China-side dispute resolution. For repeat orders, custom products, molds, or meaningful advance payments, a manufacturing or supply agreement is usually the safer document. We can review the purchase order and related messages before confirming whether a fuller agreement is needed.

Possibly, but do not assume so. A quotation or pro forma invoice, together with emails, purchase orders, payment records, and performance, may evidence an agreement. The problem is that it often leaves the product standard, inspection, delivery, refund, liability, governing law, and dispute forum unclear. We review the whole document chain to assess what was agreed and what should be fixed before payment or production.

Yes. Submit the documents that make up the transaction, including relevant specifications or amendments. We first confirm which documents need review, their total length, language, and complexity. The lawyer then confirms the scope, delivery time, and fixed fee in writing before work starts. Multiple documents are not automatically included in a single base-price review.